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NYC Bulls eye snowstorms


uncle W

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Your area of Monmouth County is a snowier area than most people realize. In most storms that impact the whole of the region your area often does quite well.

 

 

Agreed, we are in a bit of a sweet spot here inland 10-11 miles or so from the shore but still far enough northeast to catch the later blooming Miller B's that often get much of Long Island. Average of 34.1" for the 2000s and our 30 year is 29.1". Most of the major storms of the 2000s-present since I've been tracking were quite generous in my area. The following were all 15" or greater: Dec 2000, Dec 2003, Jan 2005, Feb 2006, Dec 2009, Feb 2010 (2 events 15"+), Dec 2010, and Jan 2011. A couple more were near misses for 15" (Nov 2012, 12", Mar 2009, 13.5").

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the storm on February 26th 1991 was an all day event...It started early in the morning and ended almost 24 hours later...Central Park got 8.9" while parts of Queens got 10"...I measured 7.8" in spots around my house...After a 2" accumulation in the early morning it snowed all day light to moderately without accumulating much...After dark it started to stick everywhere...most of the snow fell that evening...temperatures were just above freezing during the day...accumulations get lighter as you go east of Queens...

Brooklyn 8"

Queens Village 10"

Central Park 9"

Newark 4"

Laguardia 7"

JFK 7"

 

 

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In the dec 19-20, 1995 storm i measured about 15.5" in Roslyn, my(1 mile from Hempstead harbor). There are two factors to keep in mind:

1. It was a long duration event extending over nearly 36 hours. If that Whitestone report represents 12" snow on the ground, then the snowfall would likely have been around 14".

2. There was noticeable LI Sound enhancement visible on radar extending into the North shore of queens and nassau.

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Thanks Mulen. I always assumed that someone goofed at LGA in the 12/95 storm. This is the first corroboration that I have seen. It's good to know even LGA can jackpot if every thing comes together there.

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the storm on February 26th 1991 was an all day event...It started early in the morning and ended almost 24 hours later...Central Park got 8.9" while parts of Queens got 10"...I measured 7.8" in spots around my house...After a 2" accumulation in the early morning it snowed all day light to moderately without accumulating much...After dark it started to stick everywhere...most of the snow fell that evening...temperatures were just above freezing during the day...accumulations get lighter as you go east of Queens...

Brooklyn 8"

Queens Village 10"

Central Park 9"

Newark 4"

Laguardia 7"

JFK 7"

 

Looks like there was a secondary jackpot in northern Fairfield County as Danbury came in with 10.5" from that system. 

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In the dec 19-20, 1995 storm i measured about 15.5" in Roslyn, my(1 mile from Hempstead harbor). There are two factors to keep in mind: 1. It was a long duration event extending over nearly 36 hours. If that Whitestone report represents 12" snow on the ground, then the snowfall would likely have been around 14". 2. There was noticeable LI Sound enhancement visible on radar extending into the North shore of queens and nassau.

 

I recall there already being 7 inches on the ground at LGA via TWC while I had just a thin coating of sleet on the ground in Port Jeff as dawn broke on the 20th.  W/o internet at the time, I quickly assumed that was all she wrote, but light snow finally developed out here and became steadier & heavier as morning turned into afternoon.  By the time it ended, 11 inches had piled up and the storm that some outlets predicted could put down up to 18 inches out here had been effectively salvaged. 

 

The storm followed a pattern that seems to have become more or less entrenched out here the last 20 years or so...start badly but end well.

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In the dec 19-20, 1995 storm i measured about 15.5" in Roslyn, my(1 mile from Hempstead harbor). There are two factors to keep in mind: 1. It was a long duration event extending over nearly 36 hours. If that Whitestone report represents 12" snow on the ground, then the snowfall would likely have been around 14". 2. There was noticeable LI Sound enhancement visible on radar extending into the North shore of queens and nassau.

I have December 1995 snowfalls on u tube and will post them on their anniversary date...Snow started around 7am on the 19th and ended 7pm 12/20...It was mixed with light sleet and freezing drizzle at times imby...

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I have December 1995 snowfalls on u tube and will post them on their anniversary date...Snow started around 7am on the 19th and ended 7pm 12/20...It was mixed with light sleet and freezing drizzle at times imby...

We're you still in Brooklyn in 95? How much did you guys get there?

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